An assembly kit for building a rack includes a plurality of longitudinal members to be arranged vertically, a plurality of cross members to be arranged horizontally, a plurality of node elements that connect the longitudinal members and cross members to each other, and a plurality of rails that accommodate rack bottoms, drawers, and the like. The longitudinal members are provided with holes used to hook in the rails on first lateral surfaces of the longitudinal members facing each other, wherein the holes are T-shaped and include breakouts adjacent to the first lateral surfaces. The rails are longer than the open distance of a front longitudinal member from a rear longitudinal member by the depth of the breakouts and are provided with U-shaped folded edges. The width of the vertically extending section of the T-shaped hole corresponds to the length of the free leg of the U-shaped folded edge.
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5. A rack including comprising:
a plurality of longitudinal members arranged vertically and adapted to be interconnected by a plurality of horizontally arranged cross members, said plurality of longitudinal members including T-shaped holes, a first lateral surface and second lateral surfaces adjacent the first lateral surface, each of said T-shaped holes including a vertically extending section in the first lateral surface leading to a horizontally extending section that forms breakouts in the second lateral surfaces, and
a plurality of rails configured to accommodate rack bottoms or drawers, each of said plurality of rails extending across and being hooked to a respective pair of said plurality of longitudinal members which face each other, while having a length which is longer, by a depth of the breakouts, than a distance between the first lateral surfaces of the pair of said plurality of longitudinal members, each of said plurality of rails being provided with U-shaped folded edges, each of the folded edges defining a free leg extending into the vertically extending section of one of the plurality of longitudinal members and having a width which corresponds to a distance between the vertically extending section of the one of the plurality of longitudinal members and a respective one of the second lateral surfaces.
1. An assembly kit for building a rack, comprising:
a plurality of longitudinal members to be arranged vertically for interconnection to a plurality of cross members to be arranged horizontally, and
a plurality of rails configured to accommodate rack bottoms or drawers, wherein:
the longitudinal members are provided with holes used to hook in the rails on first lateral surfaces of the longitudinal members facing each other,
the holes in the longitudinal members define T-shaped holes in top view and include vertically extending sections leading to horizontally extending sections that form breakouts in second lateral surfaces of the longitudinal members, with the second lateral surfaces being adjacent to the first lateral surfaces,
the rails are longer than an open distance between a front longitudinal member from a rear longitudinal member by a depth of the breakouts and are provided with U-shaped folded edges, each of the folded edges including a substantially horizontal portion extending from an upper portion of a respective rail and a substantially vertical portion extending downward from the substantially horizontal portion thereby defining an open width which corresponds to sections remaining in the first lateral surface on both sides of a respective one of the vertically extending sections of the T-shaped holes, and
a width of the vertically extending section of the T-shaped hole corresponds to a length of the substantially vertical portion of the U-shaped folded edge.
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This application represents a National Stage application of PCT/DE2011/001067 entitled “Assembly Kit for Building a Rack” filed May 12, 2011, pending.
The invention relates to an assembly kit for building a rack, comprising a plurality of longitudinal members to be arranged vertically, a plurality of cross members to be arranged horizontally, a plurality of node elements that connect said longitudinal members and cross members to each other, and a plurality of rails that accommodate rack bottoms, drawers, and the like, wherein the longitudinal members are provided with holes used to hook in the rails on the first lateral surfaces of the longitudinal members facing each other.
Assembly kits for building a rack having a multitude of designs are known. In this context it is desirable that these racks can be assembled and taken apart in a simple manner, it being possible to introduce different inserts, in particular rack bottoms, drawers and the like, into the rack. In the process it is known to place rails in the rack that are received by holes in the lateral surfaces of the longitudinal members, the inserts being placed on the rails.
The invention is based on the object of creating such an assembly kit where the rails can be inserted into the longitudinal members in a simple manner without using a tool, but secured sufficiently.
According to the invention, the object is achieved in that the holes in the longitudinal members are T-shaped in the top view and the vertically extending section of the T-shaped holes forms breakouts in the lateral surfaces adjacent to the first lateral surfaces and the rails are longer than the open distance of a front longitudinal member from a rear longitudinal member by the depth of the breakouts and are provided with U-shaped folded edges, the open width of which corresponds to the sections remaining in the first lateral surface on both sides of the vertically extending part of the T-shaped holes, and the width of the vertically extending section of the T-shaped hole to the length of the free leg of the U-shaped folded edge.
The invention is explained below using a drawing, in which
To create a rack using such a type of assembly kit, a front longitudinal member 10 and a rear longitudinal member 12 are erected and connected to each other using cross members (not shown) by means of node elements (not shown). In a first lateral surface 16, the longitudinal members 10, 12 are provided with holes 18 that are uniformly distributed across its length. In the top view, these holes are T-shaped, the vertically extending section forming holes 20 in the lateral surfaces adjacent to the first lateral surfaces 16.
The rails 14 are longer by the depths of the breakouts 20 than the open distance of the front longitudinal member 10 from the rear longitudinal member 12 and are provided with U-shaped folded edges 24, 25, the open width 25 of which corresponds to the sections 22 remaining in the first lateral surface 10 on both sides of the vertically extending part of the T-shaped holes 18
The width of the vertically extending section of the T-shaped hole 18 corresponds to the length of the free leg 24 of the U-shaped folded edge 24, 25.
The exemplary embodiment shown in
The design of the holes 18 and of the rails 14 permits the rails 14 to be introduced laterally and in a simple manner into the hole 18, the free leg 24 of the U-shaped folded edge 24, 25 being inserted along the vertically extending section of the T-shaped holes 18 into these and then the U-shaped folded edge 24, 25 being lowered while receiving the section 22. In this state, the rail 14 is secured against a movement to the front or to the rear, also in the direction of the longitudinal member 10, 12, but also in the transverse direction thereto, but can be moved upwards (for taking apart).
In the exemplary embodiment shown in
The assembly kit proposed here facilitates simple assembly of the rack, the rails being inserted and secured in a simple manner without a tool having to be used.
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